Ticket printing and registering



Au 15, 1933. c. HANEL TICKET PRINTING AND REGISTERING DEVICE Fi led Jan.7, 1931 5 Sheets-Sheet 1 I [7mm for; Z M.

5 Shets-Sheet 3 Filed Jan. 7, 1931 15, 1933' c. HANEL 1,922,731

TICKET PRINTING AND REGISTERING DEVICE Filed Jan. 7, 1931 7 3Sheets-Sheet 5 I72 2/272 far Patented Aug. 15, 1933 UNITED STATES TICKETPRINTING AND 1 DEVICE REGISTERING Curt H'zinel, Berlin-Neukolln, GermanyApplication January 7, 1931, Serial No. 507,283, and in Germany January14, 1930 5 Claims. (Cl. 23 5-31) This invention relates to a ticketprinting and person issuing the tickets, for instance a tram conductoror the like, and adapted to be set for printing, by means of the sameprinting cylinder, different prices or other distinctive marks, each setof types being associated with. means for operating its own registeringcounter.

In'known devices of this kind the registering means consist of tappetswhich co-operate with star'wheels on the counters and which performtheir functions during a small portion of the movement of the printingcylinder. They are therefore liable to overthrow and otherirregularities.

The object of the present invention is to remedy this defect, and theinvention consists in the provision of means whereby the counters can beoperated through the medium of ordinary gear wheels which remain in gearwith the operating .shaft during the entire movement of the latter andwhich require a complete revolution of the printing cylinder for aproper operation of the counter.

,Fig. 1 of the accompanying drawings represents a front view of theinterior of a device ac cording to the invention for printing twodifferent kinds of tickets, the paper guides being swungout of operativeposition,

Fig. 2 is a side view of the mechanism,

Fig. 3 is a front view of a printing cylinder with gears for printingand registering six differ ent kinds of tickets,

Fig. 4 is an end view of the cylinder,

Fig. 5 is a front view of a mechanism of modified construction forprinting and registering different kinds of tickets.

Fig. 6 is a side view of this mechanism,

Fig. 7 is a view of the shaft of the printing cylinder employed in thelatter construction, and

Fig. 8 is a section on the line VIII-VIII of Fig. 7.

The device illustrated in Figs. 1-3 comprises a printing cylinder Imounted between the side walls 2 and 3 of a casing and provided with theusual adjustable type wheels as well as with a permanent type block forprinting the changeable andpermanent wording of the tickets.An'automatically changing numeral printing device is also provided forprinting the serial numbers of the tickets. In addition to theseprinting elements, the printing cylinder is provided with type bars 4aand 4b either of which can be brought into operation for printing agiven price or classification of tickets.

The printing cylinder is rotated by means of a crank handle 6 mounted ina bearing 5 by means of a shaft which carries, inside the casing, a gearwheel 7. The latter meshes with a gear wheel 8 secured to the shaft 7aof the printing cylinder 1. Mounted rotatably on the shaft 7a are twogear wheels 24 and 25 one at each side of the cylinder. These gearwheels are adapted to transmit motion, through the medium ofintermediate gears 22, 23, 20, 21, to pinions 18 and 19, one to each.The pinions are mounted on the driving shafts of different counters 16and 17 arranged above the printing cylinder 1.

The type bars 4a and 4b are carried in the printing cylinder 1 by ashaft 4 to which is secured a gear'wheel 29. The latter meshes with anidle gear 30 which in its turn meshes'with a pinion 31 secured to ashaft 32. Mounted loosely on this shaft is a sleeve 34 which isconnected by means of an arm to a rod 35 arranged to slide within theprinting cylinder parallel to the axis thereof. The sleeve 34 is pressedby a spring 43 against a collar 33 which is secured to the shaft andwhich presents a wedge-shaped bearing surface to the sleeve, the latterhaving a'V-shaped recess to correspond. On the outer end of the shaft32, outside the cylinder, an arm 38 is mounted which is adapted toco-operate with a rigid stop 39 for turning the shaft.

The gear wheels 24 and 25 are provided with apertures 37 and 36respectively into either of which the rod 35 can be inserted forcoupling the respective wheel to the printing cylinder. There are alsotwo double-armed levers 41 and 42 which are pivoted to the casing andwhich are inter-connected at one end by means of a rod 40. The free endsof the levers are bent off for engagement with the ends of the rod 35whereby the levers are rocked on the rod being axially displaced, eachlever being adapted to enter the respective wheel aperture on the rodbeing withdrawn therefrom.

Thegear wheel 29 of the shaft 4 also meshes with a gear wheel 28 mountedon a shaft which also carries an arm 27. A setting lever 26 is pivotedto the casing for co-operation with the arm 27.

Normally the type bar 4a is in operative position for printing the mostcommon kind of tickets. The arm 27 is capable of moving without touchingthe lever 26, and the arm '38 can move without touching the stop 39. Thegear wheel 25 is coupled to the printing cylinder by means of the rod 35and will therefore operate the counter 17 for registering each ticketissued. Meanwhile the gear wheel 24 is locked by the no lever 41 so thatno operation of the counter 16 can take place. Since the counter 17remains permanently in gear with the printing cylinder, no irregularityin the registration of the tickets can take place.

If a ticket of the other kind should be required, the setting lever 26is turned by hand in the direction of the arrow. The lever engages andturns the arm 27, and the gears connected to the latter participate inthe movement. The type bar 41) will be turned by the gears intooperative position instead of the type bar 4a, and the shaft 32 will beturned through 90. As the shaft 32 turns, the collar 33 will be wrenchedout.

of the recess in the sleeve 34, and the latter will be axially displacedtogether with the rod 35.so as to reverse the positions of the levers 41and 42. Thus the gear wheel 24 and the counter 16 will be coupled to theprinting cylinder, and the gear wheel 27 and the counter 17 will belocked by the lever 42. The arm 38 on the shaft 32 will also be turnedinto position to co-operate with the stop 39. The printing cylinder cannow be rotated for printing the desired ticket, and as the arm 38 passesthe stop 39 at the end of the printing operation, it will be turned bythe stop so as to bring the wedge of the collar 33 more or less intoalignment with the recess in the sleeve 34 whereupon, under theinfluence of the spring 43, the elements will be completely restored totheir initial positions. It is evident that the setting lever 26, whichis controlled by a spring, must be operated each time a ticket of thesecond order is required.

The printing cylinder is inked in the usual manner by means of an inkingroller 14 and a ductor roll 15. The impression cylinder 10 is carried bya pivoted frame 9 which also carries the paper roll 11 and the paperguide 12. A serrated edge 13 is provided whereon the printed andprotruding tickets are severed off.

Figs. 3 and 4 illustrate a different arrangement registered, and thenumber may be increased if desired. The printing cylinder a is fittedwith an adjustable type wheel b whereon six type bars b are radiallydistributed. The type wheel is connected to a gear wheel 0 which mesheswith a gear wheel d mounted on a shaft 1. The printing cylinder a has ahollow shaft 9 through which the shaft f passes, and the outer end ofthe latter shaft is fitted with a hand wheel I which can be turnedrelative to an index'for setting the type wheel b in its differentpositions. Slidably arranged on the shaft 1, inside the shaft 9, is acollar 2' provided externally with a lug h which projects through astraight longitudinal slit m in the shaft 9, and internally with a lug kwhich engages in a helical groove e in the shaft 1. On

the latter being turned for setting the type wheel, the collar 2, whichowing to its engagement with the shaft g is prevented from participatingin the rotation, will be axially displaced along the helical groove e,and it will therefore occupy a different position on the shaft for eachparticular setting of the type wheel. Mounted rotatably on the shaft 9are six gear wheels n which are provided with notches for engagementwith the lug h of the collar 1', the notches being normally held inalignment by spring controlled catches 0 which snap into notches in thebosses of the gear wheels. In each position of the collar 2 the lug hengages in the notch of one of the gear wheels, and the wheel willtherefore follow the rotation of the printing cylinder and transmit themotion to a counter which is geared to this particular wheel.

A similar arrangement is shown in Figs. 5 to 8.

In this case, however, means are provided forprinting nine differentkinds of tickets, and the arrangement is simplified by the provision ofa single gear wheel n for transmitting motion to all the differentdriving wheels 1a9a of the respective counters 19. The wheel n isarranged to'slide on a hollow shaft g mounted above and parallel to theprinting cylinder a and connect ed to the latter through gears 12, q andr. A shaft f is arranged inside the shaft g and fitted outside thecasing with a hand wheel Z. The shaft communicates rotation to theadjustable type wheel b through the medium of gears s, t, u, v, w and.L'. A collar 1'', arranged on the shaft f inside the shaft 9', has aninternal lug k whereby it engages in a helical groove e in the shaft 1'.An external lug it passes through a longitudinal straight slit m in theshaft g and is rigidly secured to the slidable gear wheel 12'.

The counters 1--9 are arranged in three rows and are relativelystaggered so .that the wheel 11 can only engage one of the wheels 1a9aat a time, the actual'position being determined by the adjustment of thetype wheel b through the medium of the hand. wheel 1'. Some of thecounters are left out in Fig. 5 for the sake of clearness.

I claim:

1. A device for printing and registering tickets, comprising a printingcylinder, means for rotating said cylinder, a rotatable type wheel insaid cylinder provided with a plurality of sets of types, means forrotatably setting the type wheel in the cylinder to bring any desiredset of types into operative position, a counter for each set of types,gears for transmitting motion from the cylinder to different counters, aslidable coupling member, connection between said coupling member andsaid setting means for connecting the printing cylinder automatically tothe gears of the different counters, and means for maintaing eachcounter in gear with the cylinder during the entire revolution of thelatter.

2. A device as claimed in claim 7 wherein the cylinder is mounted on thegear shaft between two gear wheels, and wherein the means for connectingthe cylinder to either gear wheel comprises a coupling rod arranged toslide in the cylinder and adapted to engage either gear wheel, said rodbeing controlled and operated by the setting means, and a pair ofcoupled detent levers mounted separately from the cylinder, cooperatingwith said rod, and adapted to engage the gear wheels for locking. onewheel when the other is thrown into gear.

4. A device for printing and registering tickets, comprising a printingcylinder, means for rotating said cylinder, a rotatable type wheel insaid cylinder provided with several sets of types, means -for rotatingthe type wheel to bring any desired set of types into operativeposition, a counter for each set of types, a hollow shaft rotating withthe printing drum, gear wheels on said shaft for communicating rotationto different counters, a setting shaft mounted within said hollow shaftand formed with a helical groove, and a collar arranged to slide on saidsetting shaft inside the hollow shaft, said collar having one lug whichengages in the groove of the setting shaft and another lug which takesthrough a longitudinal slit in the hollow shaft and is adapted to couplethe latter to any of said gear wheels.

5. A device for printing and registering tickets, comprising a printingcylinder, means for rotating said cylinder, a rotatable type wheel insaid cylinder provided with several sets of types, means for rotatingthe type wheel to bring any desired set of types into operativeposition, a

counter for each set of types, a hollow shaft geared to the printingdrum, a setting shaft arranged within said hollow shaft and formed witha helical groove, a collar arranged to slide on said setting shaftinside the hollow shaft, said collar having one lug which engages in thegroove in the setting shaft and another lug which takes through alongitudinal slit in the hollow shaft, and a gear wheel arranged toslide on the hollow shaft and coupled to said latter lug, the dififerentcounters being provided with driving wheels arranged in diiferent planesin position to be, engaged by said gear wheel.

CURT HANEL.

